September 3, 2019

We’re Glad You’re Part of the TT Community!

Every fall, we’re excited to welcome new educators to the Teaching Tolerance community. In this edition of The Moment, we’ve collected a few of our favorite resources for social justice education. If you’ve been with us for a while, we hope you’ll enjoy reviewing these popular resources—and that you’ll pass them along. If you’re new to TT, welcome! We’re glad you’re here.

The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice // Coshandra Dillard

Designing Their Own Black Future // Jey Ehrenhalt

The Walk of Love // Janice Cohn
Are You Registered for Mix It Up at Lunch Day?
Is your school participating in Mix It Up at Lunch Day this year? Mix It Up is a campaign that encourages students to identify, question and cross social boundaries. While schools can host Mix on any day, millions of students around the world participate on the national day—set for October 22 this year. Register now and receive a free set of posters.

Use Our Guide to Lead Professional Development

If you’ve attended a TT training or workshop, you know how transformative it can be. Now, you can help other educators bring anti-bias practices into their classrooms with our Social Justice Standards PD guide. Including protocols, worksheets and presenter slides, it provides everything you need to train your colleagues on one of our key resources. 

Apply for an Educator Grant From Teaching Tolerance

Do you have an idea for a project to help make your school or district more welcoming? Apply for a TT Educator Grant! Our grants support projects designed to bring anti-bias principles and practices to classrooms, schools and districts. Awards range from $500 to $10,000 and are selected on a rolling basis. Apply today! 

Order Free Posters From Teaching Tolerance!

The One World posters featured in Teaching Tolerance magazine are a reader favorite. You can now order a set of four of our most popular posters for your classroom. The posters feature inspirational words from Maya Angelou, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jazz Jennings and Harvey Milk. We have a limited number of posters, so order yours soon! 

Check Out What We’re Reading

“Anything can go viral, so I was hoping mine would go viral so more people would get informed and want to speak out and get this change the teachers deserve.” — BuzzFeed News

“A lot of times, you learn about slavery, but you don’t learn about the actual cruelties of it, and you just kind of see it as a big thing and not in individual acts.” — The Washington Post 

“[After Hurricane Maria], some nonbinary people couldn't even apply for trans help because it was [for] trans men and women, it was [for] ‘female’ and ‘male,’ nothing else. A lot of nonbinary people were also left out.” — Teen Vogue
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